Le changement climatique. "Le vaste rapport des Nations Unies va mettre un terme au débat scientifique" David Adam, The Guardian, 27 janvier 2007
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Résumé
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) presented on January 2007, in Paris, its Fourth Assessment Report, "Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis ». The report was subject to final approval and acceptance at the 10th Working Group I Session held in Paris from twenty ninth January to first February 2007. This report caused quite a (positive and negative) stir in scientific community, but it has been very commented, probably because it brings great hope for many people. But at first sight, its not easy for us to understand what provides the report, why it is different of the past thousands ands thousands reports we can read
Because, indeed, the awareness about environmental issue dates back to the 1990s, initiated by the Club of Rome, founded in nineteen sixty eight (1968). Then, the important stages of the environments integration in our economies are: the conclusion of the convention of Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and then, of course, the Kyoto protocol, in nineteen ninety seven (1997). This advances, was completed by all sorts of scientific reports, which, most part of the time, was objects of many controversies about their legitimacy. Its why it is very interesting to wonder how the IPCCs report constitutes a real progress for the environmental protection. In other words, what can be the impact of such a report?
We will base our analysis on david adams article, UNs vast report will end the scientific argument, published in The guardian, on the 27th of January 2007. We will draw two main characteristics which explain why the report aroused so much enthusiasm. In the first place, its the RESULT of long scientific work, and controversies (we will study the reports contents, and try to understand why it is more legitimate than others). And in a second place, we will see that it only is the BEGINING of a necessary but complicated political work (in this second part, we will highlight the vital necessity to act politically, and we will try to be « hopeful », analysing what are the possible political choices to make.
We will base our analysis on david adams article, UNs vast report will end the scientific argument, published in The guardian, on the 27th of January 2007. We will draw two main characteristics which explain why the report aroused so much enthusiasm. In the first place, its the RESULT of long scientific work, and controversies (we will study the reports contents, and try to understand why it is more legitimate than others). And in a second place, we will see that it only is the BEGINING of a necessary but complicated political work (in this second part, we will highlight the vital necessity to act politically, and we will try to be « hopeful », analysing what are the possible political choices to make.
Sommaire
- UN's report: the end of long scientific controversies
- Why is it so legitimate?
- Report's content: the end of long and controversed scientific work
- The beginning of a long and complicated political work
- The vital necessity to act politically
- Which policies?
